Trade facilitation: Customs unveils digital baggage import declaration
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has announced the deployment of a Simplified Baggage Import Declaration System at the Seme Area Command. This marks a new phase in its drive for digital innovation, trade facilitation, and improved passenger clearance processes. The initiative is designed to streamline baggage declaration, reduce clearance time, and enhance transparency for legitimate […]
Nigeria at 49: TUC laments Nigeria’s economic woes
TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), yesterday said Nigerians had little or nothing to celebrate for the past 49 years of nationhood, lamenting that instead of surging forward and competing with her peers in the comity of nations, she is retrogressing.
Mixed feelings trail capital market development
STAKEHOLDERS in the Nigerian capital market had shown mixed feelings in the development of the Nigerian capital market as some of them said the market has done well while others said more need to be done.
European stocks drop ahead of US employment report
EUROPEAN stocks were lower Friday, with investors adopting a cautious stance and booking profits ahead of the pivotal U.S. employment report after disappointing economic data Thursday dented investors’ appetite for risk.
IMF calls on members to strengthen structural reform
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on member countries to strengthen structural reforms in order to facilitate recovery from the global recession.
Expert commends intervention fund for MFBs
An expert in the microfinance banking sector has commended the Lagos State Chapter of the National Association of Microfinance Banks of Nigeria for setting up an intervention fund as a bailout for distressed microfinance banks, MFBs.
